Getting the selected option

[Lance Jurgensen]

Hi, I have a pair of jsp pages and I want to maintain the state of the fields between the pages.

How do you reset the "selected" value in an options drop down box?

I have the value stored on page two like this:
<input type="hidden" name="suff1" <%if(request.getParameter("suff1")!=null){%>value="<%=request.getParameter("suff1")%>"<%}%>>

On page one I want to get the selected option, I tried this but it doesn't work:
<select name="suff1">
<option value="AM" <%if(request.getParameter("suff1")!=null && request.getParameter("suff1")=="AM"){%>selected<%}%>>AM</option>
<option value="PM" <%if(request.getParameter("suff1")!=null && request.getParameter("suff1")=="PM"){%>selected<%}%>>PM</option>
</select>

Thanks

[Junilu Lacar]

use the expression

"AM".equals(request.getParameter("suff1"))

instead of

request.getParameter("suff1")=="AM"


I would prefer JSTL over the scriptlet though:

<option value="AM"
<c:if test="${param.suff1 == 'AM'}">selected</c:if>>AM</option>

<option value="PM"
<c:if test="${param.suff1 == 'PM'}">selected</c:if>>PM</option>

Now, isn't that much cleaner?